We can't afford to simply indulge the passion of our differences. Not anymore. The challenges we face as a nation are just too great. It is time for us to practice a politics that doesn't fit the business model of Fox v. MSNBC. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu - via Huffington Post (Featured), Kaizar Campwala (t), Mark Pegrum (t), Donica Mensing (t)
This is the wrong time to be talking about compromise...the stakes are too high. I don't doubt that there are well meaning people that got caught up in the Tea Party's agenda(which was contrived from the top-down), but this argument is a plea to give the school yard bully half of what is not his. It would be like talking peace after the Normandy landing. There are no longer any Republicans with any influence to moderate the junta that has usurped their party.There are few on the Left that want to expropriate what the wealthy have accumulated...let them have their mansions and their yachts...but make them change the rules so that there is a greater sense of fair play. Moderation can come only after victory when the opponent has ... More »
Lessig goes beyond the partisan, to look toward the survival of the whole idea of democracy. His lecture in the link was very excellent.
if the #Occupy movements are to have any long term effect, they need to recognize the diversity that is this Nation, and to reach out to others whose beliefs they ... More »
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